Suicidal ideation in medical students: Who is at risk?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 377-382

  Fan, Angela P C ^a   Kosik, Russell O ^b   Mandell, Greg A ^a   Tran, Dong Trieu Phuong ^c   Cheng, Hao Min ^a   Chen, Chen Huan ^a   Su, Tung Pying ^a   Chiu, Allen W H ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

CHQ; Depression; Socioeconomic status; Stress; TDQ

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEADACHE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; RISK; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84867176039     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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